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Holmes

in Connecticut

There are 1,178 people with the last name "Holmes" in Connecticut.

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Holmes 181
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  1. is 177th most common Vega
  2. is 178th most common Ramirez
  3. is 179th most common Riley
  4. is 180th most common Mason
  5. is 181st most common Holmes
  6. is 182nd most common Simpson
  7. is 183rd most common Macdonald
  8. is 184th most common Maldonado
  9. is 185th most common Long

Similar Names and Nicknames

Holman, Holm, Helms, Holmberg, Holmquist, Holmgren, Helmick, Holmstrom, Holmen, Holmer

Most Common First Names for Holmes

Richard, David, William, John, Michael, Robert, Mary, Paul, Lisa, Deborah

Meaning & History

English (chiefly central and northern England): variant of Holme.

Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald, or from a place so called in the barony of Inchestuir.

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thomáis, Mac Thómais (see McComb). In part of western Ireland, Holmes is a variant of Cavish (from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas).

FOREBEARS John Holmes came from England to Woodstock, CT, in 1686. His descendants include the Congregational clergyman and historian Abiel Holmes, born 1763 in Woodstock, and Abiel's son Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–94).

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